John Calipari spoke at today’s Tip Off Luncheon in Louisville today and [URL=”http://www.lex18.com/news/we-are-chasing-greatness-/”]LEX18’s Alan Cutler [/URL]was there to write down the quotes.
[I]”My vision is at the end of the year, we’ll be on one of those teams up at bat slugging it out (for a national championship).”[/I]
[I]”More I’m around the kids, the more I realize they really want this.”[/I]
[I]”[/I][I]Let’s chase that National Title and get six guys drafted.”[/I]
[I]”I would be disappointed if we win a National Title and no one is drafted.”[/I]
[I]Cal called this years team “unconventional.”[/I]
[I]”We have six starters. I don’t know what I’m going to do. We may have seven starters, what am I going to do?”[/I]
[I]”And they are wonderful young people. It is a family.”[/I]
[I]”Terrence Jones is finishing first in all the runs we do. Can you imagine?”[/I]
[I]Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had seven blocks in a practice.[/I]
[I]”If you thought Deandre Liggins played hard and slashed, wait till you see Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.”[/I]
[I]”If you are having fun, my team is having fun. If my team is having fun they will want the season to continue. If you beat them down, do they really want to continue you playing?”[/I]
[I]As far as the rotation, it will be bigger than last season. It could be as high as 9 players.[/I]
[I]”If you can’t help us win, you’re not out there.”[/I]
[I]”We are chasing greatness.”[/I]
[I]”This thing is about raising the standard and chasing it.”[/I]
[I]”We are chasing that mountain top.”[/I]
[I]Cal calls that the “Kentucky effect.”[/I]
